README for webiprequest-1.2beta

Maldwyn G.T. Morris

20010114

Introduction
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WebIPRequest is a program to allow users to enter RIPE IP requests into a web form; convert them to plain text; email them; syntax check them.


CGI and HTML
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Extract the files to somewhere you can run CGI scripts in. Your Web Srever has to be able to show .html from this dir too, so the html tree with appropriate Web Server config is preferrable to the cgi tree.


Perl Version
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We tested the program with perl 5.005 and perl 5.6.1. The latter is to be preferred.


Perl Modules
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You will need the following Perl modules:

	CGI
	XML::Simple
	DBI
	DBD::CSV
	Mail::Mailer

Most are easily installed with perl -MCPAN -e shell, if you have installed the CPAN module.
The exception is XML::Config which needs XML::Parser which needs Expat.


Other programs
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To do syntax checks, you will need autohm, available at:

	ftp://ftp.ripe.net/tools/autohm.1.25.tar.gz

To look up NIC handles, you will need whois.


Configuration
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The program configuration file is "webiprequest.config.xml"
Please edit it to conform to your installation - the program will not work correctly until you have done so.


Latest Version
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The latest version of webiprequest will be available at:

	ftp://ftp.ripe.net/tools/webiprequest.tar.gz


Feedback
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Comments/Bugs/Patches/Requests to:

	maldwyn@godidog.com





